This is a great book about luck, ife and the power of positive thinking. It is best read slowly and treated like a workbook. A nice addition to the self. Help genre.

Very easy to read and understand self help book. It stresses re thinking your life and events and looking to the positive and surround yourself with positive thinking people. While the author calls everything luck, others may call it being blessed. It is a non religious way of speaking to the universe. Many examples of how thinking more positive and visualizing a more positive outcome or existence will bring it forth. First you must change your mindset and thoughts of self to draw the positivity into your life. I was provided an advanced reader copy of this book and was under no obligation to provide a review. The opinions expressed.are my own. Thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read this book.

Conscious luck is a book that provides you with 8 secrets to changing your luck in life. It was a very inspiring read and so easy to follow and understand. They gave lots of examples of how to cultivate luck- such as meditation, a written commitment, goals, surrounding yourself with positive people or practicing gratitude. A nice read. Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is a feel good book, that helps the reader reengage with what "luck" really means, and how they can acknowledge and build luck in their own lives. The collaborative efforts of the authors provide specific steps on how to achieve and practice luck. Minimally, at the end of this book, any reader will at least be referring to themselves as "lucky"!

Conscious Luck by Gay Hendricks and Carol Kline
Book Review by Dawn Thomas

180 Pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: May 12, 2020

Non-Fiction, Health, Mind & Body, Self-Help

The authors say luck is not caused by fate and we make our own luck. They provide us with eight secrets to change our luck and four daily living secrets. These four secrets remind me of the four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. There are exercises in the book for the reader to complete. Their advice is to finish each exercise before you move to the next section.

I love the enthusiasm of the authors. You can feel it jump off the pages. It was like attending a motivational speaker event. The topics in the sections have real life stories so the reader can relate to them. The important message of this book is to believe in yourself and become the change. The authors show that if you address issues within yourself and then you become the person you think you are.

If you are familiar with the Law of Attraction, practicing gratitude, and the power of being positive, you likely wont find any new information in this book. As someone who practices gratitude daily and has seen the law of attractions finest work, its not always easy to stay in the mindset of having "good luck". This book was a little refresher to get my head space back to a better place.

I believe this book was written more for those who are not familiar with the law of attraction. It's a great book for beginners. It breaks down the concepts into 8 "secrets" that you can practice to bring good luck into your life. The book also talks about the habits/patterns that can be barriers to good luck and how to break through them.
It covers all the bases and is good for those who are wanting to change their outlook on life and be more lucky in all aspects.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for a review..

If you are looking for a book to help you figure out how to change your luck and better your life, then this is the book! This is a helpful and knowledgeable book about luck, and how it can be changed for the better.

I enjoy reading non-fiction about the human experience. It is helpful for me to experience someone else’s perspective on life and how we can maximize our happiness and prosperity. This book was a quick read and a good intro to the concepts of mindset, the law of attraction, gratitude practice, and other concepts that other spiritual and psychology teachers talk about. The way the authors refer to “luck” is really another term for abundance. The book is about consciously cultivating a mindset of abundance. It had lots of good anecdotes and concrete steps to take in that pursuit.

I received a complimentary ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I found this book to be an uplifting read. It is a self-help book that has a few interesting sections that are enlightening, The biggest issue is that so many of these ideas are present in other similar types of books in this genre, many of which have been out and well read for years. That being said, it has many salient ideas to change their own way of viewing and interacting with the world around them in order to change their "luck". As, stated by many others like Oprah, "Luck is only being ready and prepared when the right opportunity is presented." The novel aspect of this book is how they chose to utilize exercises to change one's mindset to enable positive results.I found this to be an interesting addition to the ideas presented. I also enjoyed some of the vignettes used to give real world examples of their concepts. One in particular was the story related to Shame, when the author related a story of childhood and how her mother "would apply the switch on her" when she had committed some offense. This was such a common practice of discipline in the South that I had to laugh, recalling my grandmother making me go out to a tree out behind the house and choosing my own switch for my punishment. This was related to what it means to wake up to the feeling people carry of shame and then ultimately steps that can be taken to move beyond it.
Good read with insightful exercises and ideas.
Thank you for the early copy.
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Having a very curious mind that loves to learn, I often pick up self-help books. This one certainly caught my eye with its catchy title. Who among us would not be interested in changing their luck?

Truth be told, there is nothing new or revolutionary here. You have no doubt heard that your thoughts determine your attitude, that you can change your thoughts, that your perception is your reality, that it's no coincidence that whatever you are looking for (good or bad) you will find it. Your past doesn't dictate your future, you should examine your values periodically, set goals and trust your intuition. Be mindful, Be positive. Be grateful. Show Appreciation. Experience and show joyfulness. Your perspective on life colors the enjoyment of that life. Changing your thoughts change your life.

I do give the co-authors extra points for their excitement and enthusiasm!

My thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Essential for allowing me to read an ARC of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. I appreciate the opportunity. Opinions expressed here are my own.

Thank you NetGalley for this ARC. I feel lucky to have read it! Reading the Author’s Note at the beginning helps this book flow and make sense. I think this book will be an interesting hand sell in our bookstore. The idea that luck is something we can change is intriguing. The exercises are pretty straightforward and simple to follow.

Conscious Luck is full of eight secrets used to intentionally change your luck. I really gained a lot from chapter 4 - Have luck-worthy goals. I like how he explains what true goals are and helps us figure out what ours are. I could see using this book over several days or a month to get the most out of it to be able to really absorb and think about the eight secrets. I will be going back and rereading this book and taking more notes. I would recommend this book to those that are looking for more in life. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an early copy in exchange for my honest review all thoughts and opinions are my own.

Need to improve your luck? Improve your outlook on life? This book gives you 8 steps to follow. The steps are based on being positive. The first half of the book was an easy read, however, I found the second half of the book to lose speed and become repetitious. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily posting my review.

I've always considered myself lucky to have had one of the best bosses in the world. Besides being an all-around caring and smart guy, he always saw the value in promoting education and life long learning to everyone on his team. One way was by buying all of us four self-help books a year. All he asked in return was that we honestly read them and pick any topic that we thought might assist us personally or professionally. It is a habit I've kept and passed along to my team, though after reading Conscious Luck, I am rethinking my views of what luck and being lucky truly means.
The book talks about how your mindset plays a huge role in determining whether you are lucky or not. Most of us aren't born one way or the other, but rather have the ability to choose. How we control our thoughts decides whether we have a positive or negative experience. Honestly, I never thought that I was lucky in anything other than being hired by a great boss. I've never won the lottery and have entered and not won more contests than I can count. What I realized after reading this book was that I always had the thought that I wouldn't win, and when I didn't, it just reinforced my belief that I wasn't a lucky person.
The ides behind Conscious Luck are simple but require effort. Changing your thought process isn't easy, but I am working on the book's suggestions and who knows, in time I may see a positive change. I especially liked the authors' personal stories and the four core shifts and four daily practices are going to be part of my stay at home routine for the foreseeable future.

Decent book about ways to intentionally manifest luck and good fortune in your life, how to get rid of limiting beliefs, and daily practices to assist you with these quests.

The book describes eight secrets to improving one’s luck. Half are mental shifts that help cultivate Conscious Luck, while the other half help turn being lucky into a habit. Mastery of the first four secrets involve mental voodoo such as making a written commitment, mediation, searching the past for conditioned mental barriers and curses, transforming shame into abundance, and creating worthy goals. While these first four are interesting and I can make goals for days, I found most a little “woo woo” for my tastes.

The second half of the secrets really resonated with me: taking bold action to open up opportunities for luck to manifest, surrounding oneself with positive and supportive people, trusting one’s “internal GPS,” and practicing gratitude. The author introduces the concept of radical gratitude, which involves fostering gratitude and appreciation for one’s struggles. I also really liked the “bonus” emergency luck repair technique, which I definitely plan to give a go.

In addition to other resources, the authors look to positive psychology to add insight on how the methods work and include many stories about the secrets in action. My favorite story involved a lucky encounter with the Dalai Lama. The final chapter provides links to their online resources such as a Conscious Luck e-course, seminars, keynotes, coaching, retreats, and the opportunity to join their global community.

This book was a mixed bag for me. While I really enjoyed the second half, I am on the fence about the first half. All in all, I feel that this book is worth a read, particularly the chapters on the final four secrets and the chapter that discusses the emergency luck repair technique. I can see how practicing these techniques have the potential to open a person up to more positive opportunities.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Essentials, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group, for providing an Advance Reader Copy.

Conscious Luck gives you eight secrets to changing your luck. I found this book to be along the lines of The Power of Positive Thinking. The eight secrets all revolve around positivity.

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I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley. My review is voluntary.

I think this book would be helpful for people who tend to see themselves as victims of "bad luck," as well as for individuals who irrationally believe the cards are stacked against them. (Of course, the deck really is stacked against many people due to socio-economic and health-related circumstances that are truly beyond their control). The book does contain useful insights into creating "luck" by making many small, positive choices. These are all things that many would consider to be simply matters of common sense, so the readers who will probably get the most out of this book are those who need to re-order the way they see the world.

I tend to get frustrated with self help books but I was excited about this one. I am a fan of Gay Hendricks writing. I enjoyed the book at the start of it. I took some good notes and got some good tips. I have to be honest though, as the book progressed it became repetitive.

I really liked the first few chapters of this book. I like the suggestions for immediate action such as writing down the commitment to yourself and the process. I also found myself thinking how lucky I was quite a bit after reading those first few chapters. After that, however, the book just seemed to repeat the same information as most other books on this subject. It felt superficial and not really getting at the heart of how you can really shift your perception from one of unlucky to one of luck. As the book mentions, it is a perception. I would have liked to see more action-oriented, specific exercises to help with mindset shifts along with the personal stories.